Jeremiah 17

17The sin of Judah is written with ^aa pen of iron, and with the ^†point of ^ba diamond: it is ^cgraven upon the table of their heart, and upon ^dthe horns of ^efyour altars; ²Whilst ^ftheir children remember their altars and ^gtheir groves ^hby the green trees upon the high hills. ³O ⁱmy mountain in the field, ^jI will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. ⁴And thou, even ^†thyself, shalt ^kdiscontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and ^lI will cause thee to serve thine enemies ^lmin the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

⁵Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be ⁿthe man that trusteth in man, and ^omaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. ⁶For he shall ^pbe like the ^qheath in the desert, and ^rshall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in ^sa salt land and ^tnot inhabited. ^7uBlessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose ^vhope the Lord is. ⁸For ^whe shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but ^xher leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of ^||drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

^9yThe heart is ^zdeceitful above all things, and ^adesperately wicked: who can know it? ¹⁰I the Lord ^bsearch the heart, I ^ctry the reins, even ^dto give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. ¹¹As ^ethe partridge ^||sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, ^gshall leave them ^hin the midst of his days, and at his end shall be ⁱa fool.

¹²A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. ¹³O Lord, ^kthe hope of Israel, ^lall that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be ^mwritten in the earth, because ^nothey have forsaken the Lord, ^othe fountain of living waters. ^14pHeal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for ^qthou art my praise. ¹⁵Behold, ^rthey say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it ^scome now. ¹⁶As for me, ^tI have not ^uhastened from being ^va pastor ^†to follow thee: neither have I desired the ^awoeful day; ^wthou knowest: that which came out of my lips was ^xright before thee. ¹⁷Be not a terror unto me: ^xxthou art my hope in the day of evil. ^18yLet them be confounded that persecute me, but ^zlet not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and ^†adestroy them with ^bdouble destruction.

¹⁹Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby ^cthe kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; ²⁰And say unto them, ^dHear ye the word of the Lord, ^cye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: ²¹Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and ^ebear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; ²²Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, ^fneither do ye any work, but ^ffhallow ye the sabbath day, ^gas I commanded your fathers. ^23hBut they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but ⁱmade their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor ^kreceive instruction. ²⁴And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, ^eto bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but ^fhallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; ^25lThen shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and ^mon horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. ²⁶And they shall come from ⁿthe cities of Judah, and from ^nothe places about Jerusalem, and from ⁿthe land of Benjamin, and from ^nopthe plain, and from ⁿthe mountains, and from ^noqthe south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing ^rsacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord. ²⁷But if ye will not hearken unto me ^fto hallow the sabbath day, and not ^eto bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then ^swill I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and ^tit shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and ^uit shall not be quenched.